2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres
at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 1500 metres 04.jpg
The medalists after the final
VenueNanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Location Nanjing, China
Dates21 March (heats)
23 March (final)
Winning time3:38.79
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg   Neil Gourley  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg   Luke Houser  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The men's 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China on 21 and 23 March 2025. It was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

Contents

The heats took place on 21 March during the evening session. The final occurred on 23 March during the evening session.

Background

The men's 1500 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record [1] Flag of Norway.svg  Jakob Ingebrigtsen  (NOR)3:29.63 Liévin, France13 February 2025
Championship record [2] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Samuel Tefera  (ETH)3:32.77 Belgrade, Serbia20 March 2022
World leading [3] Flag of Norway.svg  Jakob Ingebrigtsen  (NOR)3:29.63 Liévin, France13 February 2025

Qualification

For the men's 1500 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. [4] Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 3:33.50, or 3:50.50 in the mile. [5] Athletes were also able to qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. [4] There was a target number of 30 athletes. [5]

Results

Heats

The heats took place on 21 March, starting at 19:18 (UTC+8) in the evening. [6] The first 2 of each heat (Q) plus 1 fastest time (q) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Neil Gourley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:36.60 Q
2 Samuel Prakel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:36.93 Q
3 Adrián Ben Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:36.95 q, PB
4 Ruben Verheyden Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:37.94
5 Charles Grethen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3:38.10
6 Filip Sasínek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3:40.86
[7]

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:39.80 Q
2 Raphael Pallitsch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3:40.08 Q
3 Andrew Coscoran Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:40.79
4 Joao Bussotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:40.92
5 Foster Malleck Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:42.55
6 Seyed Amir Zamanpour  [ de ]Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3:43.37 NR
7 Aarón Hernández  [ de ]Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 3:57.77 PB
[7]

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Luke Houser Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:41.16 Q
2 Samuel Pihlström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:42.21 Q
3 Olli Hoare Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:42.29
4 Kieran Lumb Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:42.32
5 Liu Dezhu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:43.55 SB
6 Uģis Jocis  [ de ]Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 3:50.27
7 Hugh Kent Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 4:07.37 PB
[7]

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Mariano García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:02.68 Q
2 Isaac Nader Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 4:02.75 Q
3 Festus Lagat Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4:02.99
4 Anass Essayi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4:04.16
5 Melese Nberet Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 4:05.04
6 Adam Fogg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:06.02
[7]

Final

The final took place on 23 March, starting at 20:15 (UTC+8) in the evening. [6]

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:38.79
Silver medal icon.svg Neil Gourley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:39.07
Bronze medal icon.svg Luke Houser Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:39.17
4 Isaac Nader Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3:39.58
5 Samuel Pihlström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:39.67
6 Adrián Ben Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:39.96
7 Raphael Pallitsch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3:41.01
8 Mariano García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:41.83
9 Samuel Prakel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:44.48
[8]

References

  1. ↑ "All time Top lists - Senior - 1500 Metres Short Track". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships - 1500 Metres Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 20 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 1500 Metres Short Track men". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
  5. 1 2 "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Nanjing 2025 - Timetable". World Athletics . 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "1500 Metres Men - Round 1 results" (PDF). World Athletics . 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "1500 Metres Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
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